米でＡＩインフラに７８兆円投資　ソフトバンクＧなど―トランプ氏発表

　【ワシントン時事】トランプ米大統領は２１日の記者会見で、ソフトバンクグループ（ＳＢＧ）と米ＩＴ企業のオープンＡＩ、オラクルの３社などが共同で、米国でデータセンターをはじめとする人工知能（ＡＩ）関連のインフラ構築に４年間で最大５０００億ドル（約７８兆円）を投資すると発表した。
　トランプ氏は「中国が競争相手だ」と述べ、ハイテク分野での覇権争いにおけるＡＩインフラの重要性を強調。「必要な電力を得られるよう支援していく」と後押しする考えを示した。データセンターなどは大量の電力が必要となる。
　会見には、ＳＢＧの孫正義会長兼社長ら３社のトップが同席。孫氏は「われわれの黄金時代の始まりだ」と、大統領就任演説で使われた表現でトランプ氏を持ち上げた。（2025/01/22-10:54）

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. and U.S. technology giants OpenAI and Oracle Corp. will jointly invest 500 billion dollars in four years to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States.
   "China is a competitor," Trump told a press conference joined by executives of the three companies including SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son.
   Stressing the importance of AI infrastructure for the United States to survive global technology competitions, Trump said he will help make "a lot of electricity" available for "colossal data centers" and plants to be built by the three firms through emergency declarations.
   "This is the beginning of our golden age," Son said, after Trump noted that "the golden age of America begins right now" in his inaugural address the previous day. Son will be chairman of The Stargate Project, a joint company to undertake the AI infrastructure development. SoftBank supplies funds to the firm while OpenAI and Oracle are technically responsible.
   With an initial investment of 100 billion dollars, the Stargate buildout has already started in Texas, SoftBank said, adding it is evaluating potential sites across the country for more campuses.